MARA vs. BITF, CLSK, COIN, HIVE, HUT, RIOT, TOST, AER, GRAB, and RBA
Should you be buying Marathon Digital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Digital include Bitfarms (BITF), Cleanspark (CLSK), Coinbase Global (COIN), HIVE Digital Technologies (HIVE), Hut 8 (HUT), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Toast (TOST), Aercap (AER), Grab (GRAB), and RB Global (RBA).
Marathon Digital vs. Its Competitors
Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) and Bitfarms (NASDAQ:BITF) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations and risk.
In the previous week, Bitfarms had 12 more articles in the media than Marathon Digital. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Bitfarms and 9 mentions for Marathon Digital. Marathon Digital's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Bitfarms' score of 0.16 indicating that Marathon Digital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marathon Digital presently has a consensus target price of $20.94, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. Bitfarms has a consensus target price of $4.44, indicating a potential upside of 330.83%. Given Bitfarms' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bitfarms is more favorable than Marathon Digital.
Bitfarms has a net margin of -40.09% compared to Marathon Digital's net margin of -46.68%. Marathon Digital's return on equity of 6.33% beat Bitfarms' return on equity.
Marathon Digital has higher revenue and earnings than Bitfarms. Marathon Digital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bitfarms, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
44.5% of Marathon Digital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.6% of Bitfarms shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Marathon Digital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Bitfarms shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Digital has a beta of 6.53, meaning that its share price is 553% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bitfarms has a beta of 3.45, meaning that its share price is 245% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Marathon Digital beats Bitfarms on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MARA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:MARA) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
